So I have a lot of stuff about Romney. Especially at the time in 2012, Obama seemed the better choice.
Expanding on why I dislike Romney, he always came off as a weasel, opportunist, and generally sketchy in a way that I can understand and accept in the private sector, but not in government. The tying the dog to the roof of a car thing didn't help, and also my environment at the time sort of contributed to my disliking him because I focused on the bad stuff - I was in a high school that was 85% female and 60% black so you can imagine how unpopular Romney and the GOP were, I mostly heard bad stuff about the Republicans that year. Todd Akin's comments were a big one I remember.
Another part of the reason I supported Obama was Obama. I was actually impressed with his performance in his first term. He wasn't nearly as bad as I expected him to be as President, I was definitely supportive of his foreign policy at the time (Bin Laden was a big deal) and I thought he handled the economy just as well as McCain would have. If I could have seen ahead into 2014-2015 I might not have supported his foreign policy as much, but at the time I thought he was good on that issue.
Another thing that put me off was the behavior of a lot of Romney supporters. I felt like the Republicans in 2012 started to embrace that sort of toxic behavior that eventually morphed into the alt-right and had been simmering since Palin was the VP nominee in 2008. I highly disapproved of the GOP exploitation of what I consider dog-whistle politics during the 2012 campaign, the message seemed to be more focused on division rather than unity. I'm not blaming Romney for it, I feel most of the blame there lies with others in the GOP who were so desperate to win they'd embrace any group, no matter how bad.
That said, I definitely would have supported Romney over Trump or Clinton in 2016.
